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		<title>Are You Committed to Your Absolute Best?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Seip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goal Setting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/bio_roger_seip.html"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-78" style="margin: 10px;" title="Roger Seip" src="http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/roger.jpg" alt="Roger Seip" width="100" height="150" /></a>On a day-by-day basis, are you fully committed to doing your absolute best that day?</p>
<p>Do you wake up in the morning and decide, “I’m going for it today. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got.”</p>
<p>You might be wondering why I am asking you this question. Here is why it is such an important question to ask:</p>
<p>The world rewards only the people who are fully, fully engaged in what they are doing. The level of commitment, energy and focus that is required for professional success, is incredibly high. And it is not on a gradient, it is either or. It operates very similar to a pot of water.</p>
<p>You can heat up a pot of water to 211 degrees. And do you know what you get? You get hot water! But you <a href='http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/are-you-committed-to-your-absolute-best/' rel="nofollow">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/bio_roger_seip.html"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-78" style="margin: 10px;" title="Roger Seip" src="http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/roger.jpg" alt="Roger Seip" width="100" height="150" /></a>On a day-by-day basis, are you fully committed to doing your absolute best that day?</p>
<p>Do you wake up in the morning and decide, “I’m going for it today. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got.”</p>
<p>You might be wondering why I am asking you this question. Here is why it is such an important question to ask:</p>
<p>The world rewards only the people who are fully, fully engaged in what they are doing. The level of commitment, energy and focus that is required for professional success, is incredibly high. And it is not on a gradient, it is either or. It operates very similar to a pot of water.</p>
<p>You can heat up a pot of water to 211 degrees. And do you know what you get? You get hot water! But you <a href='http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/are-you-committed-to-your-absolute-best/' rel="nofollow">Read More...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How do You Become Recession Proof?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Plantenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Peters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/eric.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-71" style="margin: 10px;" title="Eric Plantenberg" src="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/eric.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="150" /></a>I first learned of Tom Peters in 1995 when I listened to his program <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060548789?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=freedomspeake-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060548789" target="_blank">In Search of Excellence</a>. His ideas and advice has been invaluable to me for more than a decade now.</p>
<p>Over the years I can think of no other business authority that has a clearer understanding of what works and what doesn&#8217;t. In my opinion, if you are looking for a model of management excellence look to Tom Peters.</p>
<p>Mr. Peters was recently asked how people can deal with the current challenges that this economy is posing. Below <a href='http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/how-do-you-become-recession-proof/' rel="nofollow">Read More...</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/eric.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-71" style="margin: 10px;" title="Eric Plantenberg" src="http://www.deliverfreedom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/eric.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="150" /></a>I first learned of Tom Peters in 1995 when I listened to his program <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060548789?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=freedomspeake-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060548789" target="_blank">In Search of Excellence</a>. His ideas and advice has been invaluable to me for more than a decade now.</p>
<p>Over the years I can think of no other business authority that has a clearer understanding of what works and what doesn&#8217;t. In my opinion, if you are looking for a model of management excellence look to Tom Peters.</p>
<p>Mr. Peters was recently asked how people can deal with the current challenges that this economy is posing. Below <a href='http://www.deliverfreedom.com:/blog/how-do-you-become-recession-proof/' rel="nofollow">Read More...</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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